M (F)
You will need the following: English Workshop, First Course (to be handed out; please put your names in them)
Composition book with edited cummings poem
Discuss cummings poem edits and how they affect the poem's meaning
Create and review 3-word sentences
F (D)
Begin English Workshop, Chapter 8, “Sentence Workshops,” pp. 69-71 (sentence fragments and run-ons). Complete for homework if needed.
Double period: Learning Teams
Week 6 (Sept. 24-28)
M (E) English Workshop,Chapter 8, “Sentence Workshops,” pp. 73-76 (combining sentences). Complete for homework if needed.
T (F) English Workshop,Chapter 8, “Sentence Workshops,” pp. 77-79 (improving sentence style). Complete for homework if needed.
W (A)
Practice revising summer reading assignments and "Shiva" essay to correct sentence fragments, run-ons, stringy sentences, choppy sentences, and wordiness.
Th (B)
Sentence Workshop Quiz
Review and correct quizzes once everyone is finished. (Each student should mark his/her own quiz.)
F (C)
Write in your composition notebook a reflection that responds to the following prompt.
Describe a time when you witnessed or displayed extraordinary moral courage (that is, the courage to do the right thing, when it might have been easier to do something else or nothing at all). What happened? Was the courage something that came naturally and easily, or was it something that needed to be thought about? What can you learn from this experience as face other, more ordinary situations that require courage on a daily basis? (20 minutes)
Use the rest of the period for quiet independent reading.
M (F)
You will need the following:
English Workshop, First Course (to be handed out; please put your names in them)
Composition book with edited cummings poem
Discuss cummings poem edits and how they affect the poem's meaning
Create and review 3-word sentences
T (A)
Vocabulary Review (Unit 1)
W (B)
You will need your Wordskills book and your vocabulary study sheet
HW: Review for vocabulary quiz
Th (C)
Vocabulary quiz (Unit 1, bonus words)
Double period: Learning Teams
F (D)
Begin English Workshop, Chapter 8, “Sentence Workshops,” pp. 69-71 (sentence fragments and run-ons).
Complete for homework if needed.
Double period: Learning Teams
Week 6 (Sept. 24-28)
M (E)
English Workshop,Chapter 8, “Sentence Workshops,” pp. 73-76 (combining sentences).
Complete for homework if needed.
T (F)
English Workshop,Chapter 8, “Sentence Workshops,” pp. 77-79 (improving sentence style).
Complete for homework if needed.
W (A)
Practice revising summer reading assignments and "Shiva" essay to correct sentence fragments, run-ons, stringy sentences, choppy sentences, and wordiness.
Th (B)
Sentence Workshop Quiz
Review and correct quizzes once everyone is finished. (Each student should mark his/her own quiz.)
F (C)
Write in your composition notebook a reflection that responds to the following prompt.
Describe a time when you witnessed or displayed extraordinary moral courage (that is, the courage to do the right thing, when it might have been easier to do something else or nothing at all). What happened? Was the courage something that came naturally and easily, or was it something that needed to be thought about? What can you learn from this experience as face other, more ordinary situations that require courage on a daily basis? (20 minutes)
Use the rest of the period for quiet independent reading.
Double period: Independent reading